Bad to the Bone (Inner Circle album)
1992 studio album by Inner Circle
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Bad to the Bone is the twelfth studio album by Jamaican reggae band Inner Circle. Two versions of the album (U.S. and international) were released in 1992 through RAS Records and WEA respectively, and a U.S. reissue titled Bad Boys was released in 1993 through Big Beat Records. Bad to the Bone's international version and Bad Boys both contain the singles "Sweat (A La La La La Long)", "Rock with You", and "Bad Boys". The U.S. reissue won the Grammy Award for Best Reggae Album in 1994 and is the band's most commercially successful album, having been certified platinum by the RIAA for one million units shipped.[2]
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| Released | 1 September 1992 | |||
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| Length | 1:00:49 (U.S. version) 1:14:23 (International version) | |||
| Labels | RAS (U.S. version) WEA (international version) | |||
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| Singles from Bad to the Bone (international version) | ||||
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Track listing
The tracks "Make U Sweat", "Shock Out (Hawaiian Style)" and "Bone Mix Ragga Style" (a ragga remix of "Bad to the Bone") appear exclusively on the U.S. version of Bad to the Bone. The international version contains "Bad Boys" and the radio mix of "Make U Sweat", titled "Sweat (A La La La La Long)".
The track "Stuck in the Middle" appears exclusively on the international version of Bad to the Bone. The international version also contains different versions of "Rock with You" and "Wrapped Up in Your Love" than those that appear on Bad Boys.
| No. | Title | Length |
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| 1. | "Make U Sweat" | 5:23 |
| 2. | "Party Party (Serious Times)" | 4:38 |
| 3. | "Slow It Down (Take It Easy)" | 4:04 |
| 4. | "Looking for a Better Way" | 4:08 |
| 5. | "Shock Out (Hawaiian Style)" | 3:49 |
| 6. | "Bad to the Bone" | 4:50 |
| 7. | "Sunglasses at Nite" | 3:44 |
| 8. | "Tear Down These Walls" | 4:33 |
| 9. | "Long Time (Selassie A Warn Yu)" | 3:31 |
| 10. | "Down by the River" | 4:19 |
| 11. | "Bone Mix Ragga Style" | 4:42 |
| 12. | "Hold On to the Ridim" | 4:58 |
| 13. | "Why Them A Gwan So" | 4:24 |
| 14. | "Shock Out (Jamaican Style)" | 3:51 |
| Total length: | 1:00:49 | |
| No. | Title | Length |
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| 1. | "Sweat (A La La La La Long)" | 3:46 |
| 2. | "Shock Out (Jamaican Style)" | 3:43 |
| 3. | "Bad to the Bone" | 4:49 |
| 4. | "Rock with You" | 4:24 |
| 5. | "Long Time (Selassie A Warn Yu)" | 3:29 |
| 6. | "Hey Love" | 4:22 |
| 7. | "Slow It Down" | 4:02 |
| 8. | "Living It Up" | 3:54 |
| 9. | "Stuck in the Middle" | 4:11 |
| 10. | "Looking for a Better Way" | 4:06 |
| 11. | "Wrapped Up in Your Love" | 3:38 |
| 12. | "Bad Boys" | 3:49 |
| 13. | "Party Party" | 4:37 |
| 14. | "Sunglasses at Nite" | 3:41 |
| 15. | "Tear Down These Walls" | 4:26 |
| 16. | "Down by the River" | 4:16 |
| 17. | "Hold On to the Ridim" | 4:52 |
| 18. | "Why Them Gwan So" | 4:18 |
| Total length: | 1:14:23 | |
Certifications
| Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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| Austria (IFPI Austria)[5] | Gold | 25,000* |
| Canada (Music Canada)[6] | Platinum | 100,000^ |
| Germany (BVMI)[7] | Gold | 250,000^ |
| New Zealand (RMNZ)[8] | Gold | 7,500^ |
| Switzerland (IFPI Switzerland)[9] | Platinum | 50,000^ |
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Bad Boys
| Bad Boys | ||||
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| Released | 19 April 1993[2] | |||
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| Length | 57:27 | |||
| Label | Big Beat | |||
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Bad Boys consists entirely of songs from the international version of Bad to the Bone, but it is the first U.S. release to contain the songs "Sweat (A La La La La Long)", "Rock with You", "Wrapped Up in Your Love", "Living It Up", and "Hey Love". It is also the only of the three versions to contain the tracks "Sweat (A La La La La Long) (Dancehall Mix)" and "Bad Boys (David Morales Mix)". Bad Boys contains remixed versions of "Rock with You", "Wrapped Up in Your Love", and "Bad to the Bone" that do not appear in either version of Bad to the Bone.
Track listing
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Producer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "Sweat (A La La La La Long)" | Ian Lewis | Ian Lewis, Touter Harvey, Roger Lewis, Per Adebratt, Tommy Ekman | 3:46 |
| 2. | "Bad Boys" | Inner Circle | I. Lewis, Harvey, R. Lewis | 3:48 |
| 3. | "Rock with You" | I. Lewis | I. Lewis, Harvey, R. Lewis, Adebratt, Ekman | 3:36 |
| 4. | "Wrapped Up in Your Love" | Harvey | I. Lewis, Harvey, R. Lewis, Adebratt, Ekman | 3:43 |
| 5. | "Looking for a Better Way" | I. Lewis | I. Lewis, Harvey, R. Lewis | 4:04 |
| 6. | "Sunglasses at Nite" | Inner Circle | I. Lewis, Harvey, R. Lewis | 3:42 |
| 7. | "Living It Up" | I. Lewis | I. Lewis, Harvey, R. Lewis | 3:54 |
| 8. | "Hey Love" | I. Lewis | I. Lewis, Harvey, R. Lewis | 4:21 |
| 9. | "Bad to the Bone" | I. Lewis | I. Lewis, Harvey, R. Lewis, Adebratt, Ekman | 3:14 |
| 10. | "Down by the River" | Neil Young | I. Lewis, Harvey, R. Lewis | 4:16 |
| 11. | "Slow It Down" | Calton Coffie | I. Lewis, Harvey, R. Lewis | 4:02 |
| 12. | "Sweat (A La La La La Long) (Dancehall Mix)" | I. Lewis | I. Lewis, Harvey, R. Lewis | 5:28 |
| 13. | "Tear Down These Walls" | Inner Circle | I. Lewis, Harvey, R. Lewis | 4:25 |
| 14. | "Bad Boys (David Morales Mix)" | Inner Circle | I. Lewis, Harvey, R. Lewis, David Morales | 5:14 |
| Total length: | 57:27 | |||
Certifications
| Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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| United States (RIAA)[11] | Platinum | 1,000,000^ |
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^ Shipments figures based on certification alone. | ||